AMK Drives and Controls Inc.

AMK is the expert partner for drive and motion control technology.

Driven and inspired by the trendsetting ideas, the know-how and the entrepreneurial force of the company founder and manager Arnold Müller, AMK has been offering its customers innovative products and solutions for more than four decades. In the process, the company passed through a consistent development from motor manufacturer to system supplier. Because of a worldwide nearly unique product range, AMK now covers practically all the required components of the electrical drive and control technology.

More than 800 employees in subsidiaries and sales offices as well as a network of agencies that spans worldwide ensure that only the highest future-proof quality is guaranteed with respect to sales and service.

Arnold Müller succeeded in adapting his company to the dynamic economical development and to expand the activities to additional markets. Today, AMK consists of the four business areas Drive and Control Technology, Handling and Automation, Geared Motors, and Automotive. In these areas, one can no longer get past the performances of AMK anywhere in the world. Whether servo motors, intelligent servo converters, controllers, compressors, drives for power-assisted steering or geared - the products of the Swabian manufacturer are respected in the most varied sectors of industries - from mechanical and plant engineering up to automotive industry.

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